Cast members Tom Cruise, left, and Olga Kurylenko, center, and director Joseph Kosinski posed during a photo call before a press conference for the movie 'Oblivion' in Tokyo on Tuesday. The sci-fi action movie will hit Japanese screens May 31.

Cast members Tom Cruise, left, and Olga Kurylenko, center, and director Joseph Kosinski posed during a photo call before a press conference for the movie 'Oblivion' in Tokyo on Tuesday. The sci-fi action movie will hit Japanese screens May 31.

Publicity-shy Japanese author Haruki Murakami arrived to give a public lecture in Kyoto on Monday. The author, whose new novel "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" was released in Japan last month, divides his time between his native Japan and the U.S. and rarely appears in public.

Publicity-shy Japanese author Haruki Murakami arrived to give a public lecture in Kyoto on Monday. The author, whose new novel "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" was released in Japan last month, divides his time between his native Japan and the U.S. and rarely appears in public.

A woman holding her child walked past a stock price board in Tokyo on Tuesday. Japan's share prices jumped 486.20 points to close at 14180.24 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the highest level in almost five years. The market was driven by a weakening yen and Wall Street hitting fresh all-time highs on solid jobs data.

A woman holding her child walked past a stock price board in Tokyo on Tuesday. Japan's share prices jumped 486.20 points to close at 14180.24 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the highest level in almost five years. The market was driven by a weakening yen and Wall Street hitting fresh all-time highs on solid jobs data.